I’m happy to see that educators are paying more attention these days to the impact that past traumas have had on students and the need for an emphasis on social and emotional learning in the classroom. This comes as welcome relief from the strong emphasis that has been placed in past years on standards and...

With mindfulness practices being all the rage in school these days, some teachers are bound to respond with a feeling of doubt or even exasperation, thinking: ”I already have enough on my plate, curriculum-wise, and I see mindfulness as just another thing I have to incorporate into my classroom.” This objection is understandable, because teachers...

Yesterday, I wrote a blog post giving 17 reasons why I believe ADHD is not a legitimate medical disorder. Today, I’ve converted the script into a video with a narrative track and a series of images to drive home what I am saying. I hope that it will spark some meaningful dialogue. Enjoy! Printer FriendlyShare...

I’ve been writing a lot the past couple of years and I wanted to let you know about two new books that have come out this year! The first one is The Human Odyssey: Navigating the Twelve Stages of Life. This is a new edition of a book published by another publisher in 2008, that...

First, let me begin by saying I am not an idiot. I clearly recognize that ADHD is a certified medical condition as defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association (DSM 5). In addition, I recognize that the symptoms described in the DSM-5 are very real: things like ‘’fidgets’’ ‘’blurts out...

Check out this photo. That’s you several decades ago. Well, not exactly you, but let’s say there’s a pretty remarkable resemblance. What you’re looking at is a zygote, a fertilized ovum, a one-celled organism. This, however, is not a science essay. It’s more along the lines of a self-introspection. I’d like you to meditate upon...

via GIPHY Our kids are coming to school this school year from a world driven by polarization, aggression, lack of civility, and bullying, among other ills. All the more reason to inject more kindness into the classroom day. Kindness is an instinct that is found in babies, but it needs stimulation from the environment to...

make entertainment GIFs like this at MakeaGif Orson Welles peaked early in life. He rose to fame with the infamous radio broadcast of a fictionalized invasion from Mars (which many people believed) in 1938 when he was twenty-three years old. This newfound fame won him a movie contract in Hollywood where he was given carte...

With the growth of mindfulness in classrooms around the country and the world, a number of misconceptions have arisen about mindful practices which deserve to be clarified. The Myth: “Mindfulness is just another form of mind control over our children.” The Reality: Mindfulness actually helps children gain control of their own minds so that they’re...